Falling Stars

I'm supposed to 'write in my journal' about a 'happiness tool' which I used this week. Cheesy, I know, but I am doing it so I can check it off. This is really for last week. Last week was 'do something that you love'. I read two huge novels. This was relaxing, which leads to being happy. On the other hand, reading allowed me to procrastinate other things that I should have been doing, which breeds unhappiness. It's all about balance, right? Now, I know that didn't take 10 minutes to type (as it was supposed to), but 1) I type faster than I write and 2) If I typed for 10 minutes it wouldn't be reflective, it would just be useless junk. The end.

Okay, so this week's 'happiness tool' (This is very cheesy to me, so the phrase will probably always be 'punctuated' like so...) was to keep humorous or upbeat music/cd in the car and listen to it while traveling. Living where I am, this seems to keep me more calm, if not happy. It helps me to ignore the stupid people driving on the road with me because I'm blocking them out with happy song and dance. Therefore, I wish bad things on far fewer people which in turn makes me more optimistic and closer to God. The end.

This week I was supposed to learn to "Cultivate Optimism" by practicing saying positive things when crappy things happen. I don't know how well this worked or didn't because it seemed to me like last week was great overall without "thinking happy thoughts". Basically I just told myself that anything making me get cranky will eventually go away or be fine. But again, it was a great week anyway. OR I focused on not saying anything at all, but just going and fixing whatever problems there were. The end.

Wellness Post 4.
Well, I was supposed to volunteer for 30 min. this week and to find a way to serve in any current volunteer endeavors in a new and unique way.  Well, I'm going to say that my SIX HOURS of BYU Lu'au practice this Saturday is going to count for this, since I don't get paid and I'm paying for my own costumes...  :P  I guess the big thing for me is remembering that the work I'm doing is important.  It's not just dancing and having fun, it is helping people connect with their own culture or to learn about a new one.  It is about the importance of God, our Families, and the legacies of our Ancestors.  To really serve as a part of Lu'au means that I need to also connect with my history.  That leads to genealogy and serving my ancestors.  It means that I serve God as I strive to do my best and show my commitment and love for others.  It means that I try my best to not complain when things seem exhausting or difficult.  Anyhow, I could babble more, but it would probably get pretty repetitive, so that's that.  :)

Wellness Post 5.
Stop and smell the roses.  Too bad it's WINTER.  ^_~  Well, I tried to just relax and enjoy myself this week.  I got to have girl time with Nikki.  That was fun.  We had IN-N-OUT and I went to Hobby Lobby for the first time.  That place is huge.  We decided we are going to make room screens because they're too expensive to buy, and because it will be fun.  I think girl time constitutes as trying to stop and enjoy the sights around me, considering the fact that I NEVER get out or have girl time.  It was beneficial to my well being.  Go me!  The End.

Wellness Post 6.
I was supposed to do something this week that I love/enjoy but never have time to do.  Well, I got to do several things like this.  I got my sewing machine this week.  I didn't do anything spectacular with it, but I did get to patch a few holes and narrow a few necklines.  I had fun trying to learn more about my new machine! ...except for when I broke my first needle.  Thank goodness there are spares!  I'll be more careful from now on.  ALSO, Nikki and I went on our first planning expedition to Home Depot to cost out some things for our project.  I'm excited to start working, and hopefully find a cost effective way to do what we want to do with our room screens/divider project!  OH, and I played gopher while she made pizza.  That was fun, too.  The LAST enjoyable thing that I got to do was an early morning dance practice with Eric and Bria.  This might seem more like homework, but really it was so I could have fun.  I have been struggling with Mambo for my 380R class and worried that I wouldn't pass or do well.  They spent just shy of an hour hashing things out with me.  I learned a lot.  That was a big deal, because the reason I haven't been having as much fun with my dancing is because I haven't had time to practice, which meant I didn't have time to just have fun dancing the steps--I didn't know them!  It's better now.  I got a 91 on my test, which I DID NOT expect!  I was expecting more like an 86 as my highest possible grade.  I'm sad that I'm starting to get it now that we're pretty much done with it for class, but there is still Dancesport on the 10th, and practicing with David Hampton to compete for it.  At least now I can both nitpick (since I kind of know what I'm doing now) and enjoy the dance!  It may not seem like I'm having fun, but I love to nitpick and perfect steps and much as I can.  Getting things just right (or at least worlds better) is exceptionally fulfilling to me.  Call me crazy, I don't mind.  ^_~

Anyhow, I suppose that it's time I arrived at my point: this blog is really just so that I have a convenient and infrequently updated place to post pictures of the hair I may want. Each time I have thought my hair might just have gotten long enough (before being immediately proven wrong by a stupid piece of wood named "Ruler") I have to go through all of my facebook statuses to find the links I posted in February 2010 when I had 5 or 6 new inches of hair (thus my disappointment over time, having thought that my hair grew faster than it really does). This usually takes about a half an hour because of all the other junk I and my friends post on an insanely regular basis. So here it they are, pictures of my proposed hair. I think I'll still wait another month or so to cut my hair, so long as I can keep the split ends at bay for just a little bit longer. Then again, over a year with no trims and very few split ends is quite a feat in itself--but looking at my hair now it seems as though it will be a losing battle. Maybe my hairstyle will be braids only until I cut it. Then again, I look young enough as it is. I don't need braids all the time.